Popeye’s red beans & rice topped w/crispy fried chicken skin. The rest of the chicken in a biscuit with hot sauce & honey.
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Ditto on the sushi too, including Sugarfish. Nobody asks me what I feel like eating unless they’re in the mood for sushi because that is always my answer. 
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Okay, this is way, WAY high-end for comfort food, and will unfortunately probably never be repeated, but our most comforting meals during the darkest days of the pandemic were Hayato’s cook-at-home nabe dinners. The relaxed pacing, the serenity, the purity of the ingredients, and that amazing dashi–it was a calming, zen comfort rather than a stuff-your-face, food coma comfort (which, at my age, is more aversive than comforting). I guess lighter Japanese food in general would be my go-to in difficult times.
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When I need comforting, three places that always make me feel better are:
Musso & Frank for a filet mignon with Béarnaise and a Roquefort salad
Taix for roast chicken or steak frites
Taihei in MPK for Japanese sushi, teriyaki, and clam miso 
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Highlight of the pandemic for me. Fantastic taste and attention to details. And we got that cool butane stove that we have used a few times since.
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I’ve been trying and failing to come up with an answer for this one. All I can figure is that cooking and eating temporarily override whatever depression or frustration or whatever I have in the rest of my life. I can’t recall being unhappy during a meal except when I’ve cooked a lousy dish.
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